tailieunhanh - Socio- personal, economic and psychological status of buffalo owners in Murrah breeding tract of Haryana

Present study was conducted with objective to explore the socio- personal, economic and psychological characteristics and information seeking behaviour of buffalo owners in Hisar and Jind district . part of Murrah breeding tract of Haryana. Data was collected by interviewing 240 buffalo owners personally. Study revealed that majority of respondents were found in age group of 37-57 years, came from nuclear and small size family, medium family education status, small herd size, high risk orientation and medium economic motivation. Majority had less than 2 ha of land, agriculture as main occupation and belonged to low annual gross income category by earning ≤ Rs. 400000 per annum. They were utilizing informal sources for getting information related to animal husbandry at low level, medium level of formal and mass media sources. | Socio- personal, economic and psychological status of buffalo owners in Murrah breeding tract of Haryana